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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Swiss-Palestinian relations

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right) shakes hands with Swiss President Guy Parmelin in Jerusalem on October 28, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)
October 28, 2021, 5:43 pm
Bennett asks visiting Swiss president to act against Iran’s nuclear program
In meetings with both Bennett and Abbas, Guy Parmelin offers his country as a base for Israeli-Palestinian talks
By Lazar Berman and Aaron Boxerman
A Palestinian worker checks a truck carrying United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) aid supplies that arrived through the Kerem Shalom crossing from Israel to the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on May 12, 2019. (Said Khatib/AFP)
December 20, 2019, 9:52 pm
Switzerland resumes funding of UN’s Palestinian aid agency
Move comes after United Nations probe into alleged wrongdoing by UNRWA management clears organization of mismanaging donor funds
By AFP and ToI Staff
A Thai worker farms the land of Neve Shalom, near Latrun between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, November 22, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 1, 2018, 4:40 pm
Switzerland to hold reception in no-man’s land between Israel, West Bank
Despite what maps and Israeli court says, embassy insists Israeli-Palestinian peace commune of Neve Shalom is located inside Israel proper
By Raphael Ahren
Thousands of employees of the U.N agency for Palestinian refugees demonstrate in support of their organization following US funding cuts in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
May 17, 2018, 6:33 pm
UN Palestinian refugee agency is ‘part of the problem’ — Swiss minister
Ignazio Cassis says UNRWA fueling ‘unrealistic’ hopes of return instead of working to integrate refugees into host communities
By AFP and ToI Staff
Zionist Union MK Tzipi Livni at a faction meeting in the Knesset on January 16, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 1, 2017, 3:07 pm
Switzerland considers war crimes complaint against Tzipi Livni
Attorney general’s office says request by pro-Palestinian group over 2008-9 Gaza war ‘is presently being studied’
By ToI Staff
The El Al plane attacked by Palestinian terrorists at Zurich Airport in February 1969 (Photo: Shin Bet website)
January 23, 2016, 2:14 pm
‘Switzerland struck secret deal with PLO to escape terrorism’
New book claims that in 1970, Swiss FM agreed to offer diplomatic support, free terrorists in return for release of hostages, immunity from attacks
By ToI Staff
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